Senior Consultant in AI Governance Full-time

Job Description & Summary

Are you interested in the impact artificial intelligence (AI) has on individuals and society? Do you know or want to learn about how we can use law and governance to harness the power of AI while managing its risks?

As a Senior Consultant in AI Governance, you will have a key role to play in building out and delivering PwC’s expertise on cutting-edge topics around how to interpret and implement in practice new legislative, regulatory and ethical frameworks and requirements covering data and AI, e.g. the EU AI Act. You will work closely with a talented team to craft compelling proposals for a wide range of clients, while fostering strong relationships with key stakeholders across the PwC EMEA region. This is a full-time role for a person with a demonstrable knowledge and experience in digital technology, governance, compliance and strategy. Join our PwC’s AI Centre of Excellence and boost your career by helping us shape responsible AI policies and practice and solve important problems.

About the AI Centre of Excellence team
The team is based in Prague and Brno and focuses on strategic consulting services in the topic of data and data-driven insights. We design data and AI strategies for global clients, build data and AI implementation roadmaps, advise on the use of advanced analytics (e.g. ML, NLP etc.) and drive regulatory and ethical compliance (e.g. EU’s AI Act etc.) through maturity/gap analyses and capacity building. This role will be focused on delivering services around responsible and legally compliant digital innovation to our clients. Being part of a wider ‘Digital Enablement’ area, we work closely with other teams focused on Big Data & Data Science, Business Intelligence & Reporting, as well as Digital Transformation and Software Development.

About the manager

Patrik is the team manager leading consulting services and being responsible for the AI Centre of Excellence team. Patrik studied at University of Kent and dedicated his early career to development of analytics and business intelligence before transitioning to advisory roles. In recent years, Patrik worked with some of Europe’s largest organisations: supported an Energy client in the Netherlands; advised a major Retailer in Sweden; and built a strategy for a smart city in Saudi Arabia. Patrik enjoys free time with his family and stays active trail running, and walking his dog Molly.

Job description & summary

As a Senior Consultant in AI Governance in PwC’s AI Centre of Excellence team, your everyday tasks will focus on supporting our clients to understand and use digital technologies and data ethically and legally and engaging with clients and the broader PwC network to identify and pursue opportunities. You will be part of a team that focuses on strategic consulting, designing data and AI governance, strategies, and solutions for global clients, and driving regulatory and ethical compliance.

Your tasks may include:

• Track and understand key technological developments, their capabilities and limitations, and how they affect PwC and our clients
• Monitor legal, policy and regulatory developments that will affect data and digital technologies, e.g. AI Act, Data Governance Act, Digital Services Act, and identify relevant requirements and good practices for their implementation
• Demonstrate a proactive attitude and initiative to identify and take ownership of opportunities, based on developments in the local or international markets and legislation
• Translate legal, policy and standard requirements into concrete actions, guidelines, and processes and know-how that you can use to implement these requirements to concrete technical solutions or organisational contexts
• Carry out legal and policy analysis to inform or assess ICT-related policy questions, as the opportunity may arise
• Develop and deliver information materials and presentations on the landscape of law and technology
• Collaborate and interact with experts across technical and non-technical disciplines
• Engage with stakeholders internally and externally to build lasting relationships, share best practices and knowledge internationally and collaborate on international projects
• Develop and execute strategic plans for presale engagements, including identifying client needs, crafting tailored solutions, and presenting proposals
• Actively participate in industry events and networking opportunities to identify and connect with potential clients
• Evaluate potential business opportunities, including assessing potential client needs and the feasibility of proposed projects
• Foster strong relationships with key stakeholders across PwC EMEA to align business development activities with the overall firm objectives

Requirements for the role

Necessary:

• University level education in law, public policy, social sciences, or a degree in business and IT, data science, information management or adjacent subjects.
• Minimum 3 years experience in the fields of AI and/or data governance, technology risk management, or related policy, laws, regulations, ethical questions or related issues
• Familiarity with legal, policy and regulatory developments affecting data and digital technologies
• Ability to translate legal, policy and standard requirements into actionable guidelines and processes and communicate insights in a clear manner to a broad range of stakeholders
• Experience in identifying and pursuing business opportunities and formulating project plans and a proactive attitude to shaping your own work agenda
• Very good communication skills, written and spoken, with the ability to engage and build relationships across cultures and hierarchies
• Curiosity about new technologies and their governance in theory and practice
• Ability to manage your own time and priorities
• Fluent English skills, knowledge of Czech or Slovak is also highly beneficial

Desirable:

• Experience with applying privacy-by-design, ethics-by-design and compliance-by-design approaches
• Experience in carrying out legal and policy analysis, impact assessments and maturity assessments in ICT-related matters
• Previous experience working in a multinational consultancy is an advantage

What we are offering

• Concentrated experience and rapid career growth. It may sound like a platitude, but it really is.
• Flexible working hours – start your day any time between 7 and 10 am.
• Fair wages plus paid overtime and annual bonus.
• Paid time off 20 + 5 days, 3 wellbeing days and 2 extra days off from the company at the end of the year.
• High-end Ultrabook and iPhone with unlimited data.
• Benefit program with 45.000 points that you can use for holidays, education, food vouchers, sports, health… Simply on what you enjoy.
• Support for your education and development: business and digital skills training (e.g. Alteryx, Power BI, Tableau), ongoing training and certification, for example in Microsoft (Azure, PowerApps), project management (Prince2, PMI), service management (ITIL), agile development (Scrum, SAFe), DAMA, Salesforce, coaching and presentation skills and more. We pay for technical certifications and the time you spend studying them.
• Opportunity to work in the future at a foreign PwC office, for example in the USA or Canada and others in the selection.
• PwC organised activities such as sports, volunteer days, and Away Days (team building, ski weekend, etc.).
• Regular feedback on your work, also consultation with a coach with whom you can address your further development and career direction.

PwC is the largest audit team in the Czech Republic, but also law, tax, consulting and technology, data or forensic teams. Find out how easy it is to combine this knowledge when you’re in the right place. With us, you will get the opportunity to see how business is done in large companies. We are part of an international network of companies with more than 364,000 colleagues in 151 countries. At PwC, we create an inclusive work environment where everyone can be themselves and find their place and opportunity to develop.

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